Moving abroad for your job certainly carries many advantages, such as experiencing a different culture, new experiences, greater salary potential, and may more reasons. Here you can find out what you’d need to work abroad in tech:
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Understand the country, its customs and culture, particularly work culture - in order to integrate and assimilate yourself into the country you will be working in, you will need to understand the societal and cultural differences. Understanding the work culture is also important, as there may very well be different expectations and systems in place.
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Prepare all documents and ensure you are eligible to work there - adhering and complying to employment regulations is important, in order to avoid unintended legal repercussions it is important to verify that you have all necessary documents sorted.
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Research the tech industry in the country you are moving to work - different countries will differ in regards to their tech industry, they may have more of a concentration of different sectors (for example the US has a strong avionics industry), or they may have clusters of tech companies in different parts of the company (for example Cluj in Romania has numerous IT companies).
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Make use of networking - through your networking, you may know people who are from, have worked in or are working in the country you are interested in working in, by leveraging your relation with them, you can find out valuable information, or may be referred or supported by them.